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Coronavirus death toll rises to 9 in India, 16,113 globally
India is going through partial lockdown as government has shut major transportation facilities like railways and metros and sealed more than 75 districts in 22 States and Union Territories to ensure social distancing.
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Uber India: Pradeep Parameswaran, Head of Rides Uber, India SA said, "In compliance with the govt advisory to limit movement for reducing the spread of COVID-19, Uber services across India have been affected. This means that some or all of Uber services might not be available in your city.
UAE: As per government’s directive, Emirates will temporarily suspend all passenger services from March 25, 2020.
Global COVID-19 death toll rises to 16,113.
Ministry of External Affairs on Monday said that the video conference of senior health professionals of South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries is proposed to be held on March 26.
The Conference would be held to exchange experiences of combating coronavirus thus far, including specific protocols dealing with the screening at entry points, contact tracing, quarantine and isolation facilities, said the Ministry.
Total number of COVID-19 positive cases in India jump to 471.
Shahid Choudhary, DM, Srinagar: Team led by colleague Masarat Hashim KAS & involving brilliant professionals tracked more than 65 people who returned from affected countries skipping screening & changing routes. Amazing job. Srinagar is thankful to all for inputs.
Delhi Police: Prohibitory order under section 144 Cr PC has been promulgated in Delhi. The passes being issued by Delhi Police are only for the inter-border movement of people engaged in essential services. The same will be required to be produced after 12 PM tomorrow.
Total COVID-19 cases in India rise to 468
Ministry of Home Affairs issues letter to stop all incoming passenger traffic on all 107 immigration check posts (ICPs) which includes all airports ICPs, land ports ICPs, rail ports ICPs, river ports ICPs in view of the spread of COVID-19.
The Court has directed to set up Viral Research and Diagnostic Laboratories (VRDL) facilities for testing COVID-19 at Yavatmal, Gadchiroli & Chandrapur within two weeks.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare updates the death toll due to Coronavirus to 9.
Tamil Nadu: Three new COVID-19 positive cases — 25 year-old who had returned from London, 48-year-old had returned from London and 54-year-old resident of Anna Nagar. All three are in isolation & treatment: Dr C Vijayabaskar, Tamil Nadu Health Minister
Karnataka: In wake of the Coronavirus outbreak, entire state will be locked down from 00:00 hours of March 23 to April 1. People are requested to strictly follow it: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa
Jharkhand: Government constitutes coordination committees at state, district & block levels to stop COVID-19 from spreading in the state. State Coordination Committee involves CM, Health Minister, DGP & other important functionaries in the govt & administration.
Telangana: Police registered a case against a Deputy Superintendent of Police and his son who had returned from UK, for not following quarantine protocol. The DSP's son has been tested positive for COVID-19.
Gujarat: State under lock-down till March 31, says DGP Gujarat
Indian Army: Attendance further reduced in Headquarters. Work from home enhanced. Personnel engaged in essential services only including medical services to continue.
SBI commits 0.25% of annual profit of FY 19-20 to help fight COVID-19. Announcement is in line with Ministry of Corporate Affairs’ notification of spending CSR funds for COVID-19 as an eligible CSR activity.
Kolkata: Police removes anti-CAA protest at Park Circus Maidan. Police stated that in a lockdown situation, more than 7 persons cannot gather at a place. The protest had started on January 7 against NRC, CAA and NPR. It was known as Kolkata’s Shaheen Bagh.
20 states across India have been locked down or will be locked down to stop COVID-19 from spreading.
Andhra Pradesh: Till date seven COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in state: Director Health and Family Welfare, Andhra Pradesh
Delhi Police: Media personnel do not require a curfew pass, they will need to carry their identity cards
Tripura: CM Biplab Deb announces a complete lockdown in the state from 2 PM tomorrow till March 31 in the wake of Coronavirus Pandemic.
Maharashtra: Total COVID-19 positive cases rise to 97, says Health Minister, PRO
West Bengal: Samples of seven persons have been tested positive for #coronavirus till now. One person has died of the disease: Health Department, Govt of West Bengal
33 COVID-19 cases reported in Uttar Pradesh till Monday evening.
Rajasthan reports 4 new COVID-19 positive cases on Monday. Total reaches 32.
COVID-19 positive cases in India jump to 467 as on March 23 at 08:15 pm.
PM Modi: I will communicate with the people of my parliamentary constituency Varanasi on the COVID-19 situation, you can join the conversation through video conferencing on March 25 at 5 pm, if you have any suggestion or question, share it in the comment section of the Narendra Modi app.
For movement of persons involved in essential goods and services the concerned Delhi based organisations have to get the curfew passes from their respective district police headquarters: MS Randhawa, Delhi PRO
All offices of Himachal Pradesh govt except for those involved in essential services will remain closed from March 24 till March 26 in view of Coronavirus Pandemic: Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur
Coronavirus positive cases rise to 433 in India.
Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh locked down amid COVID-19 outbreak.
First COVID-19 positive case reported in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
COVID-19 positive cases cross 3,50,000 globally.
CM Ashok Gehlot: All the ministers of Rajasthan will give one lakh rupees each and all the Congress MLAs will give one month's salary to the Rajasthan Chief Minister's Relief Fund for COVID-19. We will do everything possible to save lives in this time of crisis.
CM Arvind Kejriwal appeals to everyone to follow the lockdown. Strict action will be taken against people not following the lockdown.
Odisha extends lockdown to full districts of Puri, Nayagarh, Jagatsinghpur. Jajpur, Bhadrak, Balasore, Dhenkanal, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda districts from tomorrow morning.
14 number of districts are under LOCKDOWN now.
Kolkata Police officials begins announcement on speakers alerting people to go inside their houses and stay indoors after the lockdown was imposed at 5 pm today.
Barricades have been set up on the roads to restrict movement of vehicles. Police announcing that those who have a travel history must go into home quarantine for 14 days. Asking people to stay indoors.
Only government buses and other vehicles involved in emergency services will be allowed to ply on the roads.
CM Uddhav Thackeray imposes curfew in Maharashtra.
All domestic passenger flights to stop from March 24 midnight
Jaggaiahpet, the border of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, witnessed a long traffic jam as the movement of vehicles was stopped on Monday after the Chief Ministers of both the states announced a lockdown in view of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi on Monday formed an 11-member committee to deal with medical emergencies due to the coronavirus outbreak, officials said. The varsity has also deployed ambulances on the campus that will be available round the clock, they said.
Punjab: A day after putting the state under lockdown, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday announced a full curfew in the state with no exemption even in daily needs and medical stores.
Kolkata: FIRST COVID-19 DEATH in Kolkata as a 55-year old resident from Dum Dum passed away.
Karnataka: All daily prayers in Karnataka masjids including Jummah (Friday) prayers suspended till March 31.
55 booked under Section-188 (not following the lockdown) till Monday afternoon in Ghaziabad.
Goa extends Janata curfew till March 25. These days have been declared as 'public holidays' by the CM.
Delhi govt allocates Rs 50 crores for fighting coronavirus in Delhi.
Ghaziabad: A doctor with a travel history to France has been tested positive for coronavirus.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanks Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa for contributing $ 5 million to the SAARC COVID-19 Emergency Fund.
AIIMS shuts down opd services in all centres due to coronavirus outbreak.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Puri said that government is considering cancellation of domestic flights amid coronavirus outbreak and a decision on this will be taken soon. Many states including West Bengal, Jharkhand have demanded cancellation of domestic flights.
Mumbai-Pune expressway which was closed on Monday morning due to lockdown in Maharashtra has been reopened because of large crowd gathering.
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi urging him to stop flight operations in Kolkata due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
Kolkata police along with volunteer organizations jointly distribute free masks to children in order to prevent spread of coronavirus.
Railways extends time limit to stay in retiring room for stranded passengers after announcing cancellation of trains amid coronavirus outbreak in the country. Issuing a notice Railway said, '' It has been brought to notice that some passengers who were in Retiring rooms and booked to travel by train after a day or two are facing problems as all trains are now cancelled and they have nowhere to go. Railway Board has decided that in all such cases the stay may be extended in super session of the rule that limits the number of days a passenger can stay in a retiring rooms.. This relaxation shall be in force till normal train services resume. All Station Masters are being conveyed this instruction quickly for the benefit of stranded passengers .''
DGCA issues guidelines on social distancing to airlines and airport operators, advises passengers to sit at adequate distance.
A case has been registered against man who allegedly spat on a North-East woman staying in Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar and called her 'çorona'. The case has vbeen registered under IPC Section 509 by the Delhi police.
Railways relaxes refund rules for counter generated tickets from March 21 to June 21.
Here are Laws under which local Police can book individuals as under, for those who do not comply with the regulatory orders related to curb COVID-19.
1. Sec 188 IPC: Violation of order promulgated by Govt.
Cognizable, Bailable.2. Sec.269 IPC
Negligently doing any act known to be likely to spread infection of any disease dangerous to life
Imprisonment for 6 months or fine, or both.
Cognizable, Bailable3. Sec 270 IPC
Malignantly doing any act known to be likely to spread infection of any disease dangerous to life
Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both
Cognizable, Bailable4. Sec.271 IPC
Knowingly disobeying any quarantine rule
Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both Non-cognizable.
Mumbai-Pune expressway closed for vehicular movements amid lockdown due to coronavirus in the state.
Check the list of districts under lockdown in India due to coronavirus.
Delhi Budget to be presented in the assembly amid lockdown due coronavirus, says CM Arvind Kejriwal, adding, ''Govt won't be able to spend money from April 1 if budget not presented today.''
13 Bhubaneswar bound flights canceled amid coronavirus outbreak in the country.
Gujarat reports 11 new cases on Monday (March 23,2020) taking the total number of case to 29 in the state.
Total number of coronavirus cases in India rises to 415 as per ICMR.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urge people to take lockdown seriously amid the coronavirus outbreak and asks state governments to keep a strict check on the situation.
68-year-old Philippine national dies in Mumbai due to coronavirus. Total cases in Maharashtra rises to 89 with 15 new cases reported on Monday.
Maharashtra reports one more death due to coronavirus on Monday (March 23, 2020), death toll surge to 8 in India.
Number of coronavirus cases rises to 89 in Maharashtra, reports Maharashtra Health Ministry.
Samples of 167 people tested for coronavirus in Chhattisgarh out of which 166 were found negative and one patient who was found positive is undergoing treatment.
Jharkhand government locks down state till March 31 amid coronavirus scare in the country, demands aviation ministry to stop all Ranchi bound flights.
Shiv Sena MPs will not attend Parliament session from Monday (March 23, 2020) amidst coronavirus threat, says Sanjay Raut.
Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation bus services stopped till March 31 due to coronavirus outbreak.
Diary shops, medical stores, grocery stores and petrol pumps to remain open in locked down states in India.
The Bihar government is tracing the contacts of the two positive cases of COVID-19 in the state, said Bihar`s Principal Secretary (Health) Sanjay Kumar after bihar reported two positive cases on Sunday including one death due to COVID-19.
Italy : Total number of coronavitus infected cases rises to 59,138 more than 5000 death reported.
With the total number of coronavirus cases increasing at a higher rate in India every day the government is introducing additional measures to keep a check on the increasing number of cases. The cases in India on Sunday touched 415 and 8 deaths are reported till date after the coronavirus pandemic. The country is going through a partial lockdown as government has shut major transportation facilities like railways and metros and sealed more than 75 districts 22 States and Union Territories to ensure social distancing.
Delhi, Jharkhand, Punjab and Nagaland declared a statewide lockdown by closing all school,colleges,offices,malls exempting only essential services. Similar steps were also taken in a number of districts in Bihar, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal as an preventive measure to COVID-19 spread.
Meanwhile the total number of cases across globe has gone up to 2,08,206 with Italy remaing the hardest hit country after China with 53,578 cases.
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